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Defence · #3

Matt Roy

Los Angeles Kings Washington Capitals(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
100 kg
Born
Detroit, USA
Draft
2015, round 7, #194 (LAK)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
519
Goals
29
Points
149
TOI per game
19:41
xGF% (5v5)
51.7%
Goals above expected
−7.2

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2018–19LAK25246−117:08345.9%01.442.9%
2019–20LAK7041418+1618:071123.6%13.756.4%
2020–21LAK442810019:15573.5%12.842.9%
2021–22LAK6721921+2320:591531.3%26.855.1%
2022–23LAK8291726+818:471356.7%06.354.3%
2023–24LAK8152025+2120:541353.7%16.255.1%
2024–25WSH6932124+1819:53843.6%04.650.1%
2025–26WSH7921719+1820:37942.1%04.247.9%
2026–27WSH2000018:260–00.136.8%
Total2 teams51929120149+10319:418043.6%536.251.7%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500
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Player card

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

84th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1748th pct
  • Assists /600.7061st pct
  • ixG /600.2166th pct
  • Shots /604.7275th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.7%79th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.9%82nd pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.669th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4465th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game19:4174th pct
  • PP time share4.6%49th pct
  • PK time share42.6%79th pct
  • Quality of competition24.4%59th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−7.2 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−20−100+10+20+30+40

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed30.7 km/h4th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot118.4 km/h16th pct
  • Distance skated8 km19th pct
  • Offensive-zone time30.9%2nd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.5 km/h53rd pct

▼ −1.8 km/h since 2024–25

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.3 km/h, 53rd percentile (67 games)2022–23: 34.8 km/h, 37th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 36.6 km/h, 84th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 37.3 km/h, 93rd percentile (69 games)2025–26: 35.5 km/h, 53rd percentile (79 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.754th pct

▼ −0.1 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.4, 48th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 1.5, 51st percentile (82 games)2023–24: 1.5, 48th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 1.7, 59th percentile (69 games)2025–26: 1.7, 54th percentile (79 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.1 km13th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.2 km, 20th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 13.0 km, 16th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 13.2 km, 23rd percentile (81 games)2024–25: 13.1 km, 14th percentile (69 games)2025–26: 13.1 km, 13th percentile (79 games)

Hardest shot

154.4 km/h78th pct

▲ +0.7 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 155.2 km/h, 72nd percentile (67 games)2022–23: 159.3 km/h, 89th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 158.0 km/h, 84th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 153.8 km/h, 77th percentile (69 games)2025–26: 154.4 km/h, 78th percentile (79 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.9%10th pct

▼ −0.1 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.0%, 56th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 40.7%, 34th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 40.2%, 29th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 39.0%, 11th percentile (69 games)2025–26: 38.9%, 10th percentile (79 games)